Dywidag International

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The Dywidag International GmbH is a former German construction company based in Munich . It was created in 2000 as part of a restructuring of Dyckerhoff & Widmann (Dywidag) . The company was most recently part of the Strabag Group, which took over its activities after the company was dissolved in 2011.

Company history

Since 1891, Dywidag has also carried out construction projects outside of Germany. The implementation of these foreign projects was settled in Dywidag in the organizational unit at the time, “Head Office Abroad”. On January 1, 2000, Dywidag founded Dywidag International for the non-European part of its international business.

In order to ensure the continuity of all business relationships, Dywidag International entered into the contracts, agreements and legal relationships of the previous foreign branch as a wholly owned subsidiary of Dywidag. The entire staff of the main foreign branch has also been transferred to Dywidag International. As part of the merger of Walter Bau-AG and Dywidag in August 2001, Dywidag International became a subsidiary of the merged company, which continued to operate under the name "Walter Bau-AG united with Dywidag". After the merger, Dywidag International completed Walter Bau's existing international projects and operated the international business of the merged construction company.

After the bankruptcy of Walter Bau united with Dywidag in February 2005, the Strabag group acquired Dywidag International together with Dywidag Bau and the former Walter-Heilit Verkehrswegebau (afterwards: Heilit + Woerner Bau). The companies Dywidag Bau and Heilit + Woerner Bau, which are active in the German and European business, were incorporated into the German Strabag AG, Cologne, Germany. Dywidag International, on the other hand, was assigned directly to the parent company, Strabag SE, Vienna. In February 2011 the management board of Strabag decided to dissolve Dywidag International.

Former activities

Dywidag International's specialty areas included tunnel construction , infrastructure (especially airports and bridges), water supply and disposal, industrial construction and cooling towers, as well as the competence center for liquid gas tanks (LNG tanks).

Development of the foreign construction business

Executed by forerunner organizational units of Dywidag International:

  • 1891: The first construction project abroad is a gas collection container in Maastricht, the Netherlands
  • 1909–1911: first buildings in Austria, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey and Argentina
  • 1929–1934: first buildings in Algeria, India, USA and the Middle East

After the Second World War , there was a strong expansion of international business worldwide. Other large international projects, some of which were carried out in international working groups, were:

  • TV Center Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Don Muang Tollway, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Lumut Shipyard, Malaysia
  • Yacyreta Hydroelectric Power Plant, Argentina
  • Metro Medellin, Colombia
  • Puclaro Dam, Chile
  • Yaoundé International Airport, Cameroon
  • Manantali Dam, Mali
  • Skye Bridge, Scotland